Be a part of the celebration and commemorate the Grand National Curling Club’s 150th anniversary with memorabilia created exclusively for the sesquicentennial of the GNCC.

The NEW GNCC Tartan is being produced in honor of 150 years of curling. An original fabric produced exclusively for the GNCC in England by Martin Mills.

Choose from bow ties, traditional ties, tams, pocket squares, brush covers, sashes, flashes, and custom crafted traditional and sport kilts! Fabric by the yard is also available for purchase after January 15, 2017. Custom kilts and fabric may be ordered from USA Kilts.

More Grand National 150 Commemorative memorabilia include: Commemorative Corn Broom — “The Bell 150” Hand made and replicated from a corn broom used in 1867, the year when Scotsman David Bell, a GNCC founder, was elected the first president of the GNCC in New York City, NY. This decorative item is a nostalgic reminder of the spirit of curling in America, and can be ordered from BroomsUp Curling Supplies.

The History of the GNCC Tartan The Grand National Curling Club’s tartan is inspired by the family tartan of Robert Gordon. Gordon was elected the first patron of the GNCC from 1867–1884. He was originally a Dumfries man, but became an influential figure in New York City as one of the incorporators of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, President of the Down Town Association, President of the St. Andrew’s Society, and a partner of the financial house of Maitland Phelps and Company.

On January 13, 1869, he presented “The Gordon Champion Rink Medal to the curlers of the United States… to be played annually as shall be appointed by the Executive Committee.” Except for 1874, 1887, 1889 (thaw), 1890, and 1943 (war), the medal has been in competition every year since.

The large, beautifully crafted, silver medal includes a bar for each year played upon which the winner’s name is engraved. Today, the string of bars is so long that is stretches halfway across a good size room. The medal is played for as the Men’s Championship of the Grand National Clubs.

The tartan was design by the Grand National 150 Celebration committee, chaired by Joel B. Leneker of the Nutmeg Curling Club, Bridgeport, CT and Charles Brown, Schenectady Curling Club, Schenectady, NY with guidance from Rocky Roeger, President of USA Kilts, Spring City, PA.

The colors of the tartan are scarlet red, ice white, forest green, navy blue, and medium blue and represent: Scarlet red: the Roar of the Rocks Ice white: the brightness of the ice Forest green: the Grand National organization Navy blue: excellence in competition Medium blue: life- long curling friendships.

The GNCC Tartan will be registered with the Scottish Tartan Authority, Edinburgh, Scotland.

For more information about Grand National 150 memorabilia and to order contact Joel Leneker at JLeneker@aol.com